The seminar revisits one of the earliest formal engagements with Corporate Social Responsibility in Independent India held in March 1965, at the India international Centre. Held under the leadership of the late Shri Jayaprakash Narayan and attended by academicians, politicians, businessmen and development thinkers and practitioners, the seminar was inaugurated by Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri, Prime Minister of India

SESSION I: Business Responsibility India: Reflecting on the past, present and future

SESSION II: Listening to Perspectives from the field

(Collaboration: Business and Community Foundation (BCF) and National Foundation for India (NFI)

Nestling in the lap of the Langtang Himal, the Langtang valley in Nepal had become increasingly popular with trekkers. Easily accessible from Kathmandu, a day’s drive and a four day walk along the Langtang river brought one to touching distance of glaciers and peaks on the Tibetan border. The valley was devastated by the earthquake of April 25 and hundreds of local villagers and trekkers buried under avalanches and mudslides

Deb Mukharji was on his way to Langtang when the quake struck. His illustrated presentation recalls the beauty of the valley seen on his first visit in 2000